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Then remove the flash card and insert it into a cheap external USB card reader, such as this one from IOGear. I have one myself.
Then you'll be able to access the picture folders on your camera as an external MSC removable drive... just by taking the flash card out of the camera and reading it by itself in a card reader.
Well, your camera doesn't support MSC mode. So that means you're going to have to compromise somewhere.
If you want to be able to use all of your Windows and 3rd-party image software programs to access the picture folders on the card, then it's going to have to be removed from the MTP-only camera and placed into an MSC card reader.
Otherwise, you're just going to have to limit yourself to Windows Explorer as your only access to that card while inserted in the camera.
Your decision.
Copying the picture to the hard disk first is no big deal, in fact a smaller deal than removing the memory card and risking wearing out the camera socket.
I agree entirely.
Last year my Canon camera's CF card socket developed a fault and it was going to cost a lot of money to get it repaired until I discovered the camera was still under warranty - just!
Since then, I haven't removed the memory card and always connect the camera to a USB port and move the pictures to my backup drive.
Quite so, but a USB socket is more robust than a digital camera's memory card socket. :)
Also, a new USB card is a lot cheaper than camera repairs.